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Patented Oct. 6, 1896.

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No. 568,999. 'Patented ont. 9, 1899.

zing... ZIVIYZ .complete description, sufficient to enable UNITED STATESJOHN F. REINER'I, OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS,

'PATENT OFFICE."V

ASSIGNOR OF ON E-HALF TO EUGENE G. HAMMOND, OF SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 568,990, dated October6, 1896. Application led February Z7, 1896. Serial No. 580,961. (Nomodel.)

T2 all whom t may conceive:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. REINERT, residing at Elgin, in the county ofKane and State of Illinois, have invented certain new an d useful Improvements in Automatic Hoisting, Carrying, and Lowering Mechanisms forCables, of which the following is a full and those skilled in the art towhich it appe'rtains to understand, make, and operate the same,particular reference being had in connection herewith to the drawingsaccompanying and forming a part hereof, in which drawings- Figure l is aside elevation of an apparatus embodying the invention and of the cableon which the apparatus is mounted; Fig. 2, a front end elevation of suchapparatus; Fig. 3, a top plan view thereof; Fig. 4, a horizontalsectional view on line at -l of Fig. 1; Fig. 5, a view of the anchor towhich the apparatus is secured when engaged in hoisting, such anchorbeing mounted on and secured to the cable; and Fig. 6, a verticalsectional view on line 6 6 of Fig. I, viewed in the direction indicatedby the arrows.

A letter of reference applied to a given part in one figure of thedrawings is used to designate such part wherever the same appearsthroughout the several figures.

A is a cable on which the automatic hoisting, carrying, and loweringmechanisms embodying this invention are mounted.

B is the anchor which I prefer to use in combination with the automatichoisting, carrying, and lowering mechanisms, although I am not confinedto the use of such particular anchor. Anchor B consists of the carriageb, pulleys b b, coupler b2, clamp b3, cam b4, lever h5, iiexibleconnection h6, extending from lever b5 to carriage l), clamp 197, andspring bs. Coupler h2 is preferably mounted in carriage ZJ with springb" and plates blo Z910, so that the shock, if any there be, of couplingand un` coupling the remainder of the apparatus enibodying the inventiontherefrom will be distributed through such spring before being receivedby the carriage b.'

D is the frame of the apparatus embodying the hoisting, carrying', andlowering mechanisms. Frame D preferably consists of horizontal plates dd, vertical plates d d', horizontal plates cl2 d2, braces or diagonalplates d3 d3 and d4 d4, and guide-plates d5 E E E are the maincarrying-wheels of the apparatus, rotatably mounted in frame D so as totravel on cable A.

D D' are plates adjustably secured to the frame D at the front end oftheJ apparatus, such plates being designed to pick up, when theapparatus is moving forward, the guides and supports of the hoisting anddrawing cable A from the cable A on which they are suspended, and whenthe apparatus is going backward, that is, returning from the'dump of thegravel-pit, (when the apparatusis employed about a gravel-pit,) to dropsuch guides F onto the cable A at substantially regular intervals inorder that such guides mayy support the cable A.

D2 is the upper and sharply-inclined edge of plates D D', respectively.D3 is a less sharply inclined upper edge of such plates D D', and D4 isthe shoulder formed by the junction of the inclined faces or edges D2D3.

As the guides F are picked up from the cable A they are forced back ontothe inclined face D3 of the plates D D', being there held untildischarged therefrom in the manner hereinafter described on the returnof the apparatus from the place of discharge of the load thereof to theplace of loading.

ff are the side plates of the guide F.

f' f' are rollers rotatably mounted on shaft f 2 outside of plates f f.

The inclined edges D2 D3 of plates D Dl come in contact with the rollersf f as such guides F E are picked up by the plates D D in the fowardmovement of the apparatus.

fifis are springs mounted between the plates ff, so as to come incontact with cable A and maintain the guides F F, respectively, in astationary position on the cable A.

f4 is a roller rotatably mounted between the side plates jfof guide F.The cable A travels or moves over the roller f4, when the guide F is inposition on cable A, as such cable A moves the apparatus forwardand'backward on cable A, that is, from the'place of loadin g to theplace of unloading and return. As

the apparatus moves forward with a load thereon to the place ofdischarge of the loadthe plates D D run under the rollers f f' of IOOguide F, and such guide, being held stationary on the cable A by springsf3 f3, (together with the inertia thereof, tending to hold such guidestationary,) will be raised from the cable A onto inclined face D2 ofplates D D', and from thence onto face or edge D3 of such plates, andthe guide F will be carried on such plates to the dump or place ofdischarge of the load. Then the apparatus is on its way from the dump orplace of discharge of the load to the gravel-pit or place of loading, Idesire to have the several guides F F discharged from the plates D' D"successively and at regular intervals, so that the hoisting and haulingcable A may be held and guided thereby, and to effect this I have thefollowing-described mechanism: In guide-plates @Z5 Z5 there is mountedthe traveler G, having grooves g g and the pin g. Traveler G is soplaced on guides Z5 Z5 as to move or be moved up or down by the rotationof screw H, eX- tending through it. Screw H is rotatably mounted inframe D with beveled gear-wheel ZL at the upper end thereof engagingwith beveled gear-wheel h' on the wheel E. Hence the movement of theapparatus to and from the place of loading causes the screw H to turn inone orthe other direction and a given number of times, thus raising orlowering the traveler a given distance. As this construction is built orput together the traveler is lowered in the movement of the apparatusfrom the place of unloading to the place of loading.

I is a vertically-.movable rod attached to the pivotally-mounted leversJ J, so that the rocking of such levers or fulcrums jj (that is, therocking of any one of such levers) actuates such rod. The ends of thelevers J J are in the path of the traveler G, and such levers are rockedor turned on their fulcrums, respectively` by the traveler G as it movesin its guides d5 d5. The rocking or partial turning of the levers J J,or any one thereof, moves the rod I longitudinally. The connection 7"between lever J and rod I may be flexible, as a chain or cord, so thatthe movement of the lever J in one direction will not affect the rod I,while the movement .of such lever J in the other direction will raisesuch rod I. The raising of the rod I is designed to actuate the cam K,such cam being pivotally attached to plate 'D' by pivot 7c and connectedto the rod I by connection K. Connection K' is a rod or bar, and thedownward movement of the traveler G forces down the end of lever Jadjacent thereto and in the path thereof, thus raising the other end ofsuch lever J, and so raising (through connectionj) the rod I, andraising rod or bar K' turns the cam K on its fulcrum Zo. The inclinedface D3 of plates D is sufficient (as such plates are adjusted on frameD) to cause the guides F F thereon to run toward the shoulder D,4 andonto the cam K, so that one of such guides is at all times (when anythereof are upon the plates D) upon the cams K K,.and the turning ofsuch cams by the raising of the rod I, as hereinbefore described, forcessuch guide F, which is thereon, 0E the plates D', leaving such guide inproper position on cable A. The cam K on one side of the plate D' issecured to the cam K on the other side of the other plate D' by tie-rodor brace K2, so that such cams will move in unison.

L is a hoisting-pulley rotatably mounted in frame L, so that thehoisting and hauling cable A', which is secured at one end to frame D,as by extending over bolt Z, passes par- 8o tially around the peripherythereof, as illust-rated in Fig. 1 of the drawings. Frame L consists ofplates Z Z', between which the pulley L is rotatably mounted on axle Z2.

Plates Z Z flare outwardly at the upper end thereof, as at Z3 Z3. j

Z4 is a bolt ext-ending between the plates Z' Z' at a point thereinadjacent to, but below, the flarin g parts Z3 Z3.

Z5 is the point of attachment of a load to 9o frame L. IVhen a load issecured to frame L. and such frame is hoisted to the frame D byhoisting-cable A', the bolt Z4 is brought into engagement with catch Mon such frame D.

M is a bolt or catch moving laterallyin the frame formed by plate m andyieldingly held in an extended position by spring m'.

m2 is a pin secured in the bolt or catch DI and extending through theslot m3 in plate m.

M is a lever fulcrumed to frame D on pivot M2 and having catch or latchM3 at the outer end thereof, while the plate m is secured at the innerend thereof, as by bolt m4.

N N are projections on frame D, limiting the movement of the lever M.Such projections N N may be obtained by bolts or pins, as illustrated inthe drawings, Fig. 1. Lever M is engaged or in position to engage withcoupler b2 when frame L is not Ain engagement with the catch M; but whenframe L, with or Awithout a load thereon, is resting on the catch M theinner end of the lever M is thereby brought downward as far as theprojection N in frame D will permit, and thereby the end Ms of the leverMis carried upward, (such lever M turning on fulcrum M2,) so as to beout of engagement with coupler b2 and out of proper position to engagetherewith.

As the frame L is hoisted by hoisting-cable A the flaring ends Z5 Z3 ofsuch frame guide it so that the bolt Z'l comes into suitable contactwith the catch M, and such catch is thereby forced back against theresiliency of spring 'm' into a retracted position until such bolts Z4pass beyond the catch M, when such catch is returned to its initialposition by the spring m, and then by slacking up on cable A' the frameL with its load settles back onto catch M and is supported thereby.

To obtain the automatic release of bolt Z4 from catch M on the return ofthe apparatus from the dump or place of unloading to the gravel-pit orplace of loading, I pivot-ally se.

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cure lever O to frame D by pivot or bolt O', so that the traveler G willengage therewith,

or so that pin g on such traveler will engage therewith in the downwardmovement of the traveler. It will be observed that the lever O is bentoutward at O2, and in the upward movement of the traveler nl the pin gwill raise the lever O until the pin can pass behind the bend o2 in thelever, when the lever will fall by gravity to its initial position.

P is a bell-crank pivotally secured to frame D, as on pivot P', and Q isa connection extending between one of the arms of the bellcrank P andone of the lever O. The other arm of the bell-crank P is attached tospring 'm2 by connection Q. It thus occurs that the downward movement ofthe traveler G turns the lever O partially on its fulcrum O', thusraising connection Q, actuating the bell-crank P, and retracting thecatch M.

To adjust the connection between the bolt or catch M and the traveler Gso that such bolt will be retracted at the proper time by the downwardmovement of the traveler, holes G G are made in the guide-plate d5, intothe proper one of which holes the fulcrum O is inserted and the holes qq are placed in connection Q, so that the end of the lever O, attachedto such connection Q, as by pin O2, can be so attached at acorrespondingly suitable place.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A carrier having mechanism at the forward end thereof arranged in theforward movement of the carrier to extend under and pick up from thecable on which the carrier is moving a guide for a second cable, incombination with a guide for a hoisting and hauling cable consisting ofside plates, a roller rotatably mounted between the side plates for thehoisting and hauling cable to travel on and springs between the platesarranged to grasp the main cable on which the carrier travels, withprojections outside the side plates, with which projections themechanism for picking the guide for the cable e11- gages; substantiallyas described.

2. A carrier, a cable on which the carrier travels, plates adjustablysecured to the forward end of the carrier so as to extend each side ofthe cable, such plates having inclined upper edges, a guide for ahoisting and hauling cable consisting of side plates, a roller rotatablymounted between the side plates on which roller the hoisting and haulingcable travels, springs between the plates arranged to grasp the cable onwhich the carrier is mounted, rollers rotatably mounted outside of theside plates so that the inclined upper edge of the plates mounted on thecarrier will extend thereunder in the forward movement of the carrier;substantially as described.

3. A carrier, a cable on which the carrier travels, plates adj ustablysecured to the forward end of the carrier so as to extend, vertically,each side of the cable, such plates having inclined upper edges, a guidefora hoisting-and hauling cable, such guide consisting of side plates, aroller rotatably mounted between the side plates, springs between t-heplates arranged to grasp the cable carrying such guide, rollersrotatably mounted outside of the side plates so that the inclined upperedge of the plates mounted on the carrier will extend thereunder in theJforward movement of the carrier, and means for automatically forcingsuch guide off of such vertical plates onto the cable, in the backwardmovement of the carrier; substantially as described. i

4. A carrier, a cable on which the carrier travels, plates secured tothe forward end of the carrier extending vertically each side of thecable, such plates having inclined upper edges, with a shoulder againstwhich a guide for a hoisting and hauling cable Willbe in Contact whenone or more of such guides are mounted on such plates, cams rotatablymounted on such plates, a traveler connected to and actuated by thesupporting-wheels of the carrier and a connection between such carrierand the cams whereby at determined intervals the cam is actuated, andsuch cam arranged to raise the guide over the shoulder against which theguideis in contact; sub-A stantially as described.

5. A carrier, a cable on which the carrier travels, a traveler connectedto and actuated by the supporting-wheels of the carrier, ayieldingly-extended catch, levers actuable by the movement of thecarrier in one direction and a connection between such levers and theyieldingly-extended catch; substantially as described.

6. A carrier, a cable on which the carrier travels, a traveler connectedto and actuated by the supporting-Wheels of the carrier, levers actuableby the movement of the carrier in one direction, a yieldingly-extendedcatch mounted on a fulcrumed lever, the movement whereof is limited onits fulcrum, and a connection between the levers actuated by thetraveler and the yieldingly-extended catch, whereby when a load isreleased from the carrier by the automatic retraction of the catch, thefulcru med lever is in position so thatthe free end thereof may engagewith a coupler; substantially as described.

7. In an automatic hoisting, carrying and unloading apparatus, thecombination of a frame, wheels rotatably mounted in the frame to travelon a cable, guides mounted on such cable for carrying a second cable, ahoistingframe having a pulley rotatably mounted therein, a cable securedto the frame of the apparatus, passing under the pulley in thehoisting-frame, back to and over a pulley in the frame of the apparatus,and from thence through the guides to a motor actuating such cable, afulcrumed lever in the frame of the apparatus, catches on the ends ofthe fulcrumed lever, one of such catches arranged ICO IIO

to engage with the hoisting-frame and the carriage, a coupler mounted inthe carriage, 1e other with au anchor, and when the catch is L clampsecured to the cable, a cam in such engaged with the hoisting-frame thevweight l clamp, a lever actuating the cam and a. flexiof suchhoisting-frame disengag'ing the catch ble connection between the leverandthe car- 5 at che other end of the fulcrumed lever from ringe;substantiallyas described.

The anchor; substantially as described. JOHN F. REINERT.

S. A11 :meh or attache-ble to a cable for hold- In presence ofing acarrier iu position on the cable while a FLORA L. BROWN7 load is beinghoisted lhereto consisting of e CHARLES TURNER BROWN.

